Free the Land: The Republic of New Afrika and the Pursuit of a Black Nation-State

by Edward Onaci

Book Overview

On March 31, 1968, over 500 Black nationalists convened in Detroit to begin the process of securing independence from the United States. Many concluded that Black Americans' best remaining hope for liberation was the creation of a sovereign nation-state, the Republic of New Afrika (RNA). New Afrikan citizens traced boundaries that encompassed a large portion of the South--including South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana--as part...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469656140
• ISBN13: 9781469656144
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"